# Gho

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{{short description|Knee-length robe; national  dress of men of Bhutan}}
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[[File:Boys in Bhutan national dress.jpg|thumb|Bhutanese boys wearing ''gho'' at a festival in [Punakha](/source/Punakha), November 2006]]
[[File:King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (edit).jpg|thumb|[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck](/source/Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck), [Druk Gyalpo](/source/Druk_Gyalpo) of [Bhutan](/source/Bhutan), wearing a gho and royal saffron [kabney](/source/kabney)]]
The '''gho''' or '''g'ô''' ({{langx|dz|བགོ་}}, {{IPA|dz|ɡ̊oː˨}})<ref>{{cite book|last1=Driem|first1=George van|title=Dzongkha = Rdoṅ-kha|date=1998|publisher=Research School, CNWS|location=Leiden|isbn=978-9057890024|page=74}}</ref> is the traditional and national dress for men in [Bhutan](/source/Bhutan). Introduced in the 17th century by [Ngawang Namgyal](/source/Ngawang_Namgyal), 1st [Zhabdrung Rinpoche](/source/Zhabdrung_Rinpoche), to give the [Ngalop people](/source/Ngalop_people) a more distinctive identity, it is a knee-length robe tied at the waist by a cloth belt known as the ''kera'' ({{langx|dz|སྐེད་རགས་|translit=sked rags}}).<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Modern Asia: China-India relations to Hyogo |volume=2 |series=Encyclopedia of Modern Asia |first1=David |last1=Levinson |first2=Karen |last2=Christensen |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |year=2002 |pages=104–105 |isbn=0-684-31243-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jFQYAAAAIAAJ |access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref><ref name=LP>{{cite book|title=Bhutan |series=Country Guides |first1=Lindsay |last1=Brown |first2=Stan |last2=Armington |edition=3 |publisher=[Lonely Planet](/source/Lonely_Planet) |year=2007 |pages=49–52, 80 |isbn=978-1-74059-529-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s-L8NUlW_QgC |access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Thunder Dragon Textiles from Bhutan: the Bartholomew Collection |first=Mark |last=Bartholomew |publisher=Shikōsha |year=1985 |page=38 |isbn=9784879400147 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQRKAQAAIAAJ |access-date=2011-10-16}}</ref> On festive occasions, it is worn with a [kabney](/source/kabney).

The government of Bhutan requires all men to wear the ''gho'' if they work in a government office or school. Men are also required to wear the ''gho'' on formal occasions. In its modern form, the law dates from 1989, but the [driglam namzha](/source/driglam_namzha) dress code is much older.

The traditional dress for men is the gho, a knee-length robe tied with a handwoven belt, known as ''kera''. Under the gho, men wear a ''[tego](/source/toego)'', a white jacket with long, folded-back cuffs.<ref>[https://dailybhutan.com/article/the-different-types-of-ceremonial-scarves-in-bhutan Daily Bhutan]</ref>

In the film ''[Travellers and Magicians](/source/Travellers_and_Magicians)'' by [Khyentse Norbu](/source/Khyentse_Norbu), the main actor Tshewang Dendup wears a denim ''gho.'' This unique blue jean ''gho'' was made from eight metres of denim and is believed to be the only denim ''gho'' in existence.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Avieson |first=Bunty |title=Travellers & Magicians: the book of the making of the film |date=2011 |publisher=Prayer Flag Pictures |isbn=978-99936-625-0-1 |location=Thimphu}}</ref> This is one of many varieties of the ''gho'' depicted in Bhutanese film.

==See also==
*[Kira](/source/Kira_(Bhutan))
*[Toego](/source/Toego)
*[Kabney](/source/Kabney)
*[Kho (costume)](/source/Kho_(costume))

==References==
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{{Clothing in South Asia}}
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Category:Bhutanese clothing
Category:Robes and cloaks
Category:Tops (clothing)

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